Adelbert Main Building
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Description
4-story building of buff sandstone of 47,109 net square feet
This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.
Other Names
Main Building
Adelbert College
Adelbert Main Building
Adelbert College Administration Building
College Building
Constructed
7/1881-1883
Architect
1881: Joseph Ireland
Cost
1881: ca. $136,000 ($177,000-$181,000 for Adelbert Main Building and Pierce Hall)
Financing
1881: Gift of $100,000 plus part of $30,969.79 from Amasa Stone
Occupants
1882-1885: all Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
1886-1888: all Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer, Case
1888-1893: all Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
1894-1895: some Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
1896-1918: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
1918-1922: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer, School of Applied Social Sciences
1922-1925: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
1925-1934: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer, WRU Dean of University Administration
1934-1941: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary
1941-1945: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President
1945-1946: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President, School of Architecture
1947: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President, School of Architecture, WRU Development Vice President
1948-1949: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President, School of Architecture, WRU Development Vice President, WRU Graduate School Dean
Uses
1882-1949+: Academic and administrative
Ceremonies
11/1927: from Frances C. Gaensslen
Trivia
First WRU building in University Circle
Alterations and Modifications
Description
1886: Telephone installed
1889: Hand elevator installed
1897: Tower rebuilt
1901: Interior and west entrance remodeled
1910: New boilers, conduits, etc. constructed
1919: Electrical wiring of 2nd, 3rd, 4th floors
1920: Converted chapel on second floor to a lecture hall
1922: Basement renovated and new east entrance built
1927-1928: Unspecified alterations
Architect
1922: Abram Garfield
General Contractor
1910: Page & Corbusier
Cost
1886: ?
1889: ca. $150
1897: $4,430.24
1901: ca. $60,000
1910: $8,586.50 estimated
1919: $2,005 estimated
1920: ?
1922: ca. $10,900
1927-1928: $1,791.50
Financing
1886: ?
1889: ?
1897: Gift of unknown amount from Flora Stone Mather
1901: Gift of unknown amount from Alfred A. Pope
1910: ?
1919: ?
1920: ?
1922: Gift of $10,900 from Samuel Mather
1927-1928: ?
Donors
1897: Flora Stone Mather, friend
1901: Alfred A. Pope, trustee
1922: Samuel Mather, trustee
This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
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